Improvement in animal-traps



iattd tant attent (ltilih JOHN J, Woon', or NoirrH MANCHESTER, IN DIANA.

Letters Patent No. 107,844, dated September 27 ,1870; antedated September 17,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMALTRAPS.l

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Togall whom it may concern:

, '-Be it known that I,'J0HN J.W'ooD, ofcrth Manchester, in thecounty of Wabash and in the State of Indiana, hare invented certain'new and useful Im proveniente in'Animal-Traps; and do hereby declare thatthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description-thereof', reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specitication.-

The-@Mure of my invention consists in the eon-v 'struction and arrangement of `an animal-trapffas will b lhereinafter fully set forth. f

In verder to enable others skilled in the art to Vwhich my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction At the rear end of the b oXAA', in" the bottom, is'

pivoted a treadle, E, which extends to thefront end of said compartment, and for a suitable distance into the'compartment B.

At the mouth ofthe compartment A the treadle'E is weighted, so that the treadle will be horizontal when nothingis upon its rear end.

rllhe i'ont cnd'of` the treadle is, by a rod, G, connected with a gate, H, which-is pivoted, at the top,

` 'in the entrance lotl thefcompartment A, ahd,when

down, 4inelines, downwardgand toward the rc'ar, as

shown in tig. 1'.

. position, this gate is lifted? np, giving free access to When the trea-dle is in a horizontal thel trap. Then a mouse or otheranimal enters the trap andpasses overor beyond the pivot point ofthe treadle, 'it trips the treadle, so as to close the gate.

The lower 4rear end of the gate is down immediately `over or -in' rear of `the pivot point of the treadle, so

that the animal cannot pass back over said point to raise the gate again.

The compartment B, which is acontinuation of the compartment A, is made of wire-cloth, having, iny its center, a semi-cylindrical case, I, placed crosswise on the bottom D.

Said casing is also made of wire-cloth, and the sides and top ot' the compartment B around said easino bracedwith metal plates a.

lhe casing I is for the purpose of holding the bait,

Vaccess beingl had to the same through an aperture, b,

in the bottom D.

At the upper front edges of the plates a' is h inged l or pivoted a'nother gate, J, which falls down onthe top and rear ot' the casing I, so that the animal, in

passing over the casing, will lift' the gate, and thef gate fall down behind returning.

rllhe rear end of the wire compartment B is secured to the compartment C, 'which is a box of any suitable dimension', having a sliding door, K, at itsrear end, through which the animal is to be let out.

. At the entrance to the box C, where-the compartment B is attached to the same, a line, L, extends a the animal, preventing it from suitable distance within the box G, and in said line is a gate, M, constructed -and'operating in precisely the same manner as the gateJ, above described, so that,

whenl the animal once passes into the box C, it cannot get ont again except when the sliding door K is opened.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, land desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the compartments A B C, bottom D, treadle E, rod G, casing I,

`fine L, door K, vand gates H- J M, all constructed as described, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

-In testimony that I -claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of February, 1870.

JOHN J. WOOD.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL Henner, Tiros.. H. WALLACE. 

